Dictionaries :: Wherefore

King James Dictionary

Wherefore: Why?; for What Reason?; for What Cause?

But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. WHEREFORE? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. (Romans 9:31-32)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Wherefore:

Note: This represents

(1) some phrases introduced by the preposition dia, "on account of," dia touto, "on account of this," e.g., Mat 12:31; Rom 5:12; Eph 1:15; 3Jo 1:10; dia hen (the accusative feminine of hos, "who"), "on account of which" (aitia, "a cause," being understood), e.g., Act 10:21 (with aitia, expressed, Tts 1:13; Hbr 2:11); dia ti "on account of what?" (sometimes as one word, diati), e.g., Luk 19:23; Rom 9:32; 2Cr 11:11; Rev 17:7;

(2) dio = dia ho (the neuter of the relative pronoun hos), "on account of which (thing)," e.g., Mat 27:8; Act 15:19; 20:31; 24:26; 25:26; 27:25, 34; Rom 1:24; 15:7; 1Cr 12:3; 2Cr 2:8; 5:9; 6:17; Eph 2:11; 3:13; 4:8, 25; 5:14; Phl 2:9; 1Th 5:11; Phm 1:8; Hbr 3:7, 10; 10:5; 11:16; 12:12, 28; 13:12; Jam 1:21; 4:6; 1Pe 1:13; 2Pe 1:10, 12; 3:14;

(3) dioper, "for which very reason" (a strengthened form of the preceding), 1Cr 8:13; 10:14 (1Cr 14:13 in some mss.);

(4) hothen (which denotes "whence," when used of direction or source, e.g., Mat 12:44), used of cause and denoting "wherefore" in Hbr 2:17; 3:1; 7:25; 8:3;

(5) ti, "what, why," Jhn 9:27; Act 22:30; Gal 3:19, AV (RV, "what");

(6) heneka with tinos (the genitive case of ti), "because of what," Act 19:32;

(7) charin with hou, the genitive case, neuter of hos, "for the sake of what," Luk 7:47;

(8) eis, "unto," with ti, "what," Mat 14:31; with ho, "which" (the accusative neuter of hos), 2Th 1:11, AV (RV, "to which end");

(9) ara, "so," 2Cr 7:12, AV (RV, "so"); with ge, "at least," Mat 7:20, AV (RV, "therefore");

(10) hina, "in order that," with ti, "what," Mat 9:4;

(11) toigaroun, "therefore," rendered "wherefore" in Hbr 12:1, AV;

(12) in Mat 26:50, epi, "unto," with ho, as in No. (8) above, AV, "wherefore (art thou come)?" RV, "(do that) for which (thou art come);"

(13) oun, a particle expressing sequence or consequence, e.g., Mat 24:26; Act 6:3;

(14) hoste, "so that," "wherefore," e.g., Rom 7:12, 13; 1Cr 10:12; 11:27, 33; 14:22, 39; 2Cr 5:16; Gal 3:24; 4:7; Phl 4:1; 1Th 4:18; 1Pe 4:19.